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The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 264 No 7097 p783
May 20, 2000 Products

Prescription products

Lescol capsules new indication

The licensed indications for Novartis Pharmaceuticals's Lescol (fluvastatin) capsules have been extended. Lescol is now additionally indicated "as an adjunct to diet for the reduction of elevated total-C, LDL-C, apo-B and TG levels in patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia and mixed dyslipidaemia (Fredrickson types IIa and IIb)."